The magazine of the art-form of the photo-essay
June 2016 issue
by Edward Barber
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
“I see this as preventative photography. The photographs here are both a celebration and a warning.”
Edward Barber, Photographer
Peace Signs, an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum over the next few months, is an exhibition of more than 40
photographs that explore the anti-nuclear protest movement in 1980s Britain. The images are a unique social
document of mass popular protest in late twentieth century Britain which has rarely been seen in public since it was first
published in 1984.
© Edward Barber
Labour Party “Nuclear Arms No – Peace Yes’ rally in Hyde Park, London
(1980).
© Edward Barber
CND rally, Hyde Park, London (1981).
© Edward Barber
A protester from the Women’s Peace Camp at RAF/USAF Greenham
Common after keening in Parliament Square, Westminster, London
(1982).
© Edward Barber
A picket mounted by the Women’s Peace Camp at RAF/USAF Greenham Common, Berkshire (1982).
© Edward Barber
Greenham Common protesters stage a Die-in outside the Stock
Exchange during the morning rush hour as U.S. President Reagan
arrives in Britain, City of London (1982).
© Edward Barber
‘Embrace the Base’: 30,000 women link hands, completely surrounding the nine mile perimeter fence at RAF/USAF
Greenham Common, Berkshire (1982).
© Edward Barber
A young protester joins a CND rally after the ‘Peace Chain’ event staged
outside the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston,
Berkshire (1983).
© Edward Barber
‘Stop the City’ protester at the Bank of England, City of London (1983).
